Views of Hawaiian landscape, including mountains and beaches. In one, a man standing on edge of hill looks through binoculars. View of Diamond Head and beach on Oahu, as seen from a distance, across the bay.
U.S. Admiral, Claude C. Bloch, Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, meeting with members of his staff, in his office at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A U.S. Navy Captain, sits at his right, and other members sit with backs to camera. A map of Pearl Harbor is on the wall. Admiral Bloch conducts routine business with his staff.
British Army maneuvers. British soldiers march along a road with their field gear and Vickers Armstrong Utility Tractors, each towing a small trailer. They disperse into training area and set up positions. A crew mans a machine gun and fires it. The soldiers take time out to eat. Cooks ladle out soup with potatoes.
Scenes associated with the British Coronation Spithead Fleet Review of King George VI. View from the bow of the forward 2x3 gun turrets of the HMS Nelson, with their 16 inch guns. Aerial views of the British Fleet assembled with the Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert, in the center of the array.
The services of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the United States. Skilled workers are hired for the libraries and school. They repair and rebind the books. Books in shelves. Traveling libraries and mobile libraries in trucks bring books to more rural areas. People enter a traveling library on wheels. Nurses visit homes of people and instructing the maternity care of the children to their mothers. A nurse bathing an infant. Braille maps being developed. The blind people are instructed about the use of the Braille maps. Trachoma eye disease patients in rural areas are examined. Nurses examine them and they are taken to WPA clinics. Group of men, women, and children wait in clinic to be seen by nurse or doctor. People including a young girl and an older man taking eye and vision tests, reading eye charts, and being examined.
People protest against cuts in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) New Deal initiative of the Great Depression in New York City. People march in a large number to protest against lay offs. They hold boards and banners. A banner reads: 'Stop Mass Layoffs on WPA'. Buildings along street sides. Other board reads: 'Expand WPA'. Floats moving on a street.
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